Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.2dev.4 vs my.yahoo.com

[Ismael Cordeiro]

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Larry W. Virden wrote:

> I've noticed recently that the cookies in the latest dev support don't
> work quite right with my.yahoo.com - they worked better in 2.8.1 .
> 
> For instance, when I try to sign in in my.yahoo.com, I enter my login and
> password. Regardless of whether I select saving the cookie or not, the
> first attempt to sign in fails, then seems to work the second time.
> 
> Next, when I go to mail.yahoo.com, I see the same behavior.

The problem is not with cookies but with submitting forms like the login one
in My Yahoo. I reported that problem a couple of days ago.

> User message: Trace ON!
> FIXME:SubmitForm
> SubmitForm: field "TRA" 0 us-ascii OK
> SubmitForm: name "TRA" 0 us-ascii OK
> SubmitForm: field "destBox1" 0 us-ascii OK
> SubmitForm: name "destBox1" 0 us-ascii OK
> SubmitForm: skipping submit field with name "MV1" for link_name "TRA", not 
> current link.
> GridText - post_data: sTRA=Delete&destBox1=
                        ^
                        Here's the "s" lynx is adding to the begining of
post_data, what makes submitting some forms to fail. The problem appeared in
dev.3. dev.2 works fine.

Ismael
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